Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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McGovern Para [for] Presidente 1972 Poster has a black and white photograph on the right of a headshot of George McGovern. The center has the black eagle logo for the UFW. Across the top of the poster in large red lettering is "...	Farmworker Film Series- part two c. 1973 Poster has a black and white background image of a man wearing a hat and bending over leafy vegetables. Next to him are boxes of vegetables. The top has "Farmworker Film Series to benefit the...
Farmworker's Benefit: San Francisco Mime Troupe's last San Francisco performance of Bertolt Brecht's, 'The Mother' 1974 Poster has a blue and white background image of a farm in the middle of a field with trees surrounding. The top center has a green and white photograph of the freeway interchange of the James Lick...	March to defeat Prop. [proposition] 22- The anti-farmworker initiative 1972 Poster has an image of people silhouetted in brown holding signs. The signs have the UFW logo, "Defeat Prop. 22" and "Prop 22 Unfair to all Workers." Above the people is a large red banner with...
Fighting for Our Lives (UFW benefit concert) c. 1974 Poster has a red background with an image at the bottom of a black hill. The hill has silhouettes of people carrying UFW logo flags up it. There is a large white circle with a black eagle, the UFW...	Benefit Concert: The United Farmworkers of America AFL-CIO 1974 Poster has an image at the top of the UFW logo, a red background with a white circle and black eagle outline. Above the logo is, "Benefit Concert The United Farmworkers of America AFL-CIO." Below...
Farmworkers benefit concert: Joy of Cooking, Country Joe & his All Star Band, Victoria 1973 Poster is printed with red ink and has small images of the UFW eagle logo and flowers. The poster reads, "Farmworkers benefit concert: Joy of Cooking, Country Joe & his All Star Band, Victoria...	Expresion Chicana: Exhibit of Chicana Art at Mills College c. 1978 Poster has a pink and green background with a drawing of a woman's head with her hand holding a purple flower. The image is mirrored. The poster reads in white, "Expression Chicana/ Opening...
El Teatro Campesino: Benefit Performance for: La Brigada Venceremos [Venceremos Brigade] c. 1970 Small poster printed on recycled computer paper with red ink. Each side of the paper has small holes. In the center is an image of two snakes intertwined. The poster reads, "El Teatro Campesino/...	The Yellow Race c. 1975 Small poster with a drawing of a Chinese man making paper. Around him are several men working with a pot and paper. In the background is a large blue building and a man in blue clothing. Below the...
Hell no we won't go : People get ready! 1967 Poster has "Hell No We Won't Go" printed in red and repeated along the left side. Next to the red lettering, the right side has black printing that reads, "People Get Ready!...	Viet Nam Day : May 21-22 1965 Small poster that has "Viet Nam Day May 21-22" printed in purple lettering down the left side. The right side has information regarding where the meeting is at U.C. Berkeley, the times, a list of...
Stop the Nihonmachi Evictions Japantown Art & Media Workshop ~ printer, Wes Senzaki ~ artist 1977 Poster is printed on thin brown paper with black ink. In the center is a drawing of three people standing in front of buildings with barbed wire across. The poster reads from top to bottom,...	The Masses Are The Makers of History: The History of Asian American Farm Labor 1974 Poster has a bright yellow background with blue outlined drawings of two men picking vegetables and putting them into wood crates. Above the drawing in red lettering is "The Masses Are The Makers...
On Stage Nisei (talent show) 1949 Poster has a dark blue backgound with white and yellow text. In the background are yellow outlined stars. The poster reads, "The East Bay Chapter Japanese American Citizens league Presents its...	America's Concentration Camps: Learn from past struggles, unite for future victories c. 1974 Poster has a red and blue background with a red and blue border. On the right are black drawings of an Asian woman and two men, one holding a flag and a sign. The top left has a large black...
Concentration Camps U.S.A.: A tribute to the past and present 1974 Poster has a drawing in the center with a yellow background. There are black outlined drawings of Asian men and women's heads. In the center is a large white obelisk with Japanese characters....	Ming the Merciless (poem) 1978 Poster has an image of two male figures in yellow and red laying down at the top. On the heads of the figures are tall hats with yellow, red and green flowers. Below the image is a dark green bar...
West Coast Asian Student Conference: Pasadena City College c. 1978 Poster is printed on orange paper with black ink. There is a drawing in the center of several Asian people linking arms in a row. Above them is a sign that reads, "Advance the Asian Student...	Rock Against Racism 1989 Poster has a red background on the left and a black background on the right. In the center are two hands clasping, one arm is black the other is white. Across the top in black and white is "Rock...
I am so an American c. 1970 Poster has a brown background at the top with a black and white image of a young boy wiping tears away from his eyes. Below is black printed text that has truths about Americans and how they...	Defend Ethnic Studies: The Struggle Continues c. 1970 Poster is printed on recycled printer paper and has small punched holes along the right side. There are outlines of people raising their fists in the center. The poster reads in red, "Defend...
Give Hope: The Kennedy Tract Bilingual Program c. 1969 Poster has a grey background with three trees that represent people in the center. The trees are white, brown and black. The top left has a hand holding a yellow circle. The poster reads in red, "...	Rally Against Racism & Repression 1973 Poster has a black and white drawing of a chain as a border around the center text. The center of the poster has brown and white drawings of four people chained together. The top person is a...